POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3)
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Buffalo
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Clinical Professor – needs ECE background – at Mississippi State University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Director for Educational Outreach & Student Programs at Mississippi State University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate at Mississippi State University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Dean for Access, Inclusion & Student Programs at the University of Colorado Boulder
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, University of Louisville
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Instructor position in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder

To sign up to be a reviewer, please complete this form by February 21st: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1yyUznEgnjlqJcr2LhhzfFS-e9RW_a3bAZcmeqEWp89dliQ/viewform

ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: 2020 Apprentice Faculty Grant Program Accepting Applications until February 21
The Apprentice Faculty Grant (AFG) Program within the Educational Research and Methods (ERM) Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) encourages and honors promising emerging engineering education scholars who have the potential for substantial contributions to the community.

In conjunction with the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference, the AFG program will grant up to four awards to emerging engineering education scholars, which may include: senior graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, junior faculty, staff members, or senior ranking faculty who meet the criteria of an emerging engineering education scholar (see website below for details). Each award will include: 1) connection with a mentor who is a senior scholar in the engineering education community at the ASEE conference 2) support for conference travel expenses (exact level of financial support is still under consideration, but will not exceed $500). AFG recipients are expected to attend the full duration of the annual ASEE conference, including conference sessions in the ERM division, the ERM “Brouhaha” dinner (ticket included), and a meet-and-greet with the other AFG recipients and mentors. We also highly encourage AFG recipients to attend at least one workshop.

For more details, including how to apply, see https://erm.asee.org/conferences/afg/. If you have any questions please contact, Courtney Faber (cfaber2@utk.edu) or Rachel Anderson (rsundbe@g.clemson.edu).

ERM ANNOUNCEMENT: Abstract submission is open for FIE 2020!
Featuring an all new submission site and new paper review system launched for FIE 2020.

The 2020 programme features co-located workshops on Computational Thinking Skills for the 21st Century, the Launch Event for the IEEE/ACM Joint Curriculum project Computing Curricula 2020, a once in a lifetime conference banquet experience in the Uppsala Castle, and much, much more.

The conference website is available at: https://www.fie2020.org/.

Abstracts are due by February 10, 2020 and can be submitted at https://www.appinconf.com/kas/Abstract?projectName=fie2020

NSF ANNOUNCEMENT: Invitation to complete panelist availability survey for EEC programs
NSF is organizing review panels for various Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) programs in the spring and early summer of 2020. The panels will be held either on-site at NSF (Alexandria VA) or via teleconference (a “virtual” panel). We seek reviewers with experience in engineering education research who are available and interested in serving in this vital role for our community. General parameters for reviewers: you will review ~10 proposals, and NSF will pay you for your time (currently $480 for panel days, $280 for travel days, plus appropriate transportation costs).

Please complete our panelist availability survey (5 minutes to complete) by January 21, 2020, so that we can down-select to a highly-qualified and diverse group of reviewers for each of these panels.

Direct survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EECPanelistsSp2020

Contact Edward Berger, Program Director, National Science Foundation – eberger@nsf.gov for more information.

NSF ANNOUNCEMENT: New EDSE program director at NSF
Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Kathryn Jablokow has accepted the position of program director for the Engineering Design and Systems Engineering program within CMMI at NSF. Dr. Jablokow, a professor at Penn State, brings a breadth of expertise and experiences to the program that will serve the community well. Two of her goals are to broaden the scope of the EDSE program’s research portfolio and grow the PI community. She will begin the position full-time this summer. In the interim, she is working part-time as an expert for the program. Please direct your EDSE program questions to her at edse@nsf.gov and realize that responses may take a few days during the winter and spring months.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Dr. Andy Dong for serving in an expert role for the EDSE program over much of the last year as we searched for a program director. As a member of this research community myself, I do want to thank you for your patience as we navigated a longer than normal search process to fill this role. I look forward to working with Dr. Jablokow and am excited for the EDSE program’s future.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Workshop on Sharing Exemplary Admissions Practices that Promote Diversity in Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), with support from the National Science Foundation (EEC- 1840746), invites applications to attend a workshop on Sharing Exemplary Admissions Practices that Promote Diversity in Engineering that will be held Sunday, June 7 to Tuesday, June 9, in Irvine, CA.

This workshop is designed to build a cohort of faculty, administrators, and scholars representing institutions across the country who can support one another as they work toward improving the diversity of engineering programs at their own institutions. Workshop activities will encourage cross-institutional mentoring, networking, and collaboration among individuals. It will be highly interactive and will include presentations about best practices and policies, discussions of current and future directions for research on both the predictive value of different admissions criteria and metrics for judging success, and informal and formal networking opportunities. Workshop applications are due Friday, February 28. Applicants will be notified of their status by Friday, March 27.

Please direct all questions to Dr. Beth Cady at ECady@nae.edu. The application form is available at https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5392413/Sharing-Exemplary-Admissions-Practices-Workshop-Application.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: First Year Engineering Experience Conference
The First Year Programs Division of ASEE is accepting paper abstracts and workshop proposals to be presented at the 12th Annual First Year Engineering Experience (FYEE) Conference. The FYEE conference will be held July 26-28, 2020 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. This year’s conference will focus on connecting the first-year engineering classroom with first-year engineering initiatives and programs beyond the classroom.

Paper Abstracts and Workshop Proposals are due February 24, 2020. Draft papers are due April 20 with final papers due June 1. For more information about the conference and abstract/proposal submissions visit the FYEE conference website at https://sites.asee.org/fyee2020/. Please direct any questions to Kevin Calabro at kcalabro@umd.edu.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: PEER Collaborative and Unconference Registration Announcement
Are you a faculty member (pre-tenure, tenured or mid-career faculty) or research staff who is primarily evaluated on your engineering education research? If so, the PEER Collaborative and unconference may be for you. PEER is a small and growing community of active participants and alumni whose primary role in higher education derive from engineering education scholarship. The Collaborative engages in peer mentoring and support in engineering education scholarship related matters within a community of similarly situated people.

While interactions among PEER Collaborative members occur throughout the year, our main point of interaction is a dinner and unconference immediately following the ASEE 2020 Annual Conference. The unconference is free to participate; the only costs are your own meals and lodging. So, save the date for PEER 2020 in Montreal, Québec, Canada: Wednesday June 24 (dinner) & Thursday June 25, 2020 (unconference during the day). Please direct any questions to Todd Fernandez (todd.fernandez@bme.gatech.edu) or Allison Godwin (godwina@purdue.edu).

Our website is found at: http://peer-collaborative.org/

Registration is open and available at the following link: https://peer.engineering.asu.edu/registration/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Engineering Community Engagement and Service-Learning Workshop
A new and exciting event is planned to bring faculty, professionals, researchers, students community members and others interested in engineering-based community-engagement and service-learning together to discuss the state of the art, best practices, challenges and opportunities to enhance learning and make a difference in the world. Engineering, technology and computing have enormous opportunities to impact our world. Community-engaged learning is a proven pedagogy that has made significant impacts in engineering and the STEM disciplines and has tremendous opportunities to address many of the challenges that educators face to enhance learning, prepare students for today’s global workplace and increase diversity. This interactive workshop/conference is designed to promote discussion and interactions between participants to exchange ideas, share research findings and explore opportunities. There are three ways to participate by submitting a full paper, abstract and poster or as a participant. Abstracts for papers and poster should be submitted by March 16, 2020 by email to epics-university@purdue.edu

Date: 29-31 July 2020

Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

More information can be found at https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICS/university/events/Events%20Information

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: 4th Dissertation Institute for underrepresented graduate students in engineering
The 4th Dissertation Institute (DI), an interactive workshop for underrepresented (African American, Native American, Pacific Island and Hispanic American) graduate students in engineering. The 2020 DI will take place June 7th – 12th on the University of Michigan campus. The Institute is funded by the National Science Foundation and hosted by University of Texas, Dallas and Virginia Tech. The primary goal is to address issues that prolong completion times for those at the dissertation proposal preparation and dissertation completion stages of the targeted population.

The week-long event will focus on skills and strategies needed to successfully complete the dissertation process as well as provide networking opportunities to build connections for future collaborative career advancement. Institute participants will build new writing habits, work on their dissertation or dissertation proposal, and learn skills that will help them continue making progress when they return to their institutions. Participants will be housed in a private room; will share a bathroom with one other participant; receive meals; and be reimbursed for travel costs up to $500. As a part of the application process, participants will be asked to identify barriers that have impeded their progress to completing their dissertation and to provide suggestions for additional topics to be presented.

We seek your assistance in identifying students who might benefit from participating in the Institute. The application deadline is March 8th. Please share the following link with students, faculty and any other colleagues who might assist us in announcing this wonderful opportunity: https://www.dissertationinstitute.com/. If you have questions, please email them to dissertationinstitute@gmail.com.

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Conference
The World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) under the auspices of IFEES will be taking place in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa from 16 – 20 November 2020.

The theme of the Conference is Disruptive Engineering Education amidst Global Challenges. Engineering education changes the world, and must respond to a rapidly changing world. Meeting in Africa, we are well placed to consider how we should be educating engineers who can address the challenges and opportunities of extreme climate change, globalisation, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution; engineers who will develop sustainable technologies for inclusive societies.

We invite submissions for papers, workshops and mini symposia, which address the following themes:

• Peace engineering

• Women in engineering and engineering education

• Multicultural diversity in the workplace

• Graduate attributes for the future engineer

• Support for engineering education organisations

• Strengthening engineering education in developing countries

• Sustainable partnerships for research collaboration and economic development

• Opportunities for engineering education in the 4IR

• Diversity, gender, identity and multicultural education

• Sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• Decolonisation

• Online and blended learning

• International studies and students

• Connections to the engineering workplace

• Society and culture

• Teamwork and mentoring

• Progression, retention, attrition and persistence

• Knowledge and curriculum

• Teaching for engagement

• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Development of engineering educators

• Engineering design

The call for papers will open from 20 January 2020. We would appreciate your support in promoting this important international conference among your colleagues, and in submitting papers. Conference website is: www.weefgedc2020.org

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: Canadian Design Workshops
The Canadian Design Workshop is a biennial workshop modelled after the Clive L. Dym Mudd Design Workshops and in partnership with the Center for Design Teaching at Harvey Mudd College. The workshop aims to investigate and share information on design education unique to Canadian institutions. The workshop will focus on elevating engineering design education and research by establishing a network of design educators and researchers within the Canadian context.

While the workshop has a Canadian focus, authors from outside of Canada are welcome to participate by submitting a paper aligned with the conference theme. For more information on this year’s conference theme and your participation in the conference, please see our website at: https://uwaterloo.ca/canadian-design-workshop/

The inaugural Canadian Design Workshop will be held at the University of Waterloo, which is home to Canada’s largest engineering school, with over 8,000 undergraduate students enrolled in 14 engineering programs and more than 2000 graduate students.

We look forward to seeing you on July 27-29, 2020!

Contact Chris Rennick (crennick@uwaterloo.ca) with any questions.

Position Announcements

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3)
Job Posting: https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=125950

The Grainger College of Engineering seeks applicants for the position of Director of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3). Reporting to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, the Director, AE3 provides leadership and oversight for programs and activities of the Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education. The Director will work alongside a team of engineering faculty, called Education Innovation Fellows, to guide and support faculty efforts to provide innovative and evidence-based education (https://ae3.engineering.illinois.edu/innovation/). The Director will also oversee the Grainger College of Engineer’s first-year faculty development program, Collins Scholars, and programs for teaching-track faculty (https://ae3.engineering.illinois.edu/faculty-communities/). The Director will develop and lead other education initiatives across the college.

The Director, AE3 position is a full-time, benefits-eligible academic professional position appointed on a 12-month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after the closing date. Applicants may be interviewed before the closing date; however, no hiring decision will be made until after that date. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. To apply for this position, please create your candidate profile at http://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your cover letter, resume, and names/contact information for three references by February 13, 2020. Full consideration will be given to complete applications received by the closing date. For further information regarding application procedures, contact Thurman Etchison, tetchis2@illinois.edu, 217-300-2193.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Buffalo
The Department of Engineering Education (DEE), in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences invites candidates to apply for the position of Postdoctoral Associate. A successful candidate for this position requires qualitative research knowledge, excellent writing skills, taking initiative, proven experience collaborating across disciplines, and the ability to manage multiple projects concurrently. This post-doc position will focus on undergraduate engineering education, specifically improving learning in core technical (engineering science) courses. This will include analyzing collected data on homework problems, developing innovative active learning questions and homework problems, and developing grant proposals.

This position is one year in duration. University of Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities. The ideal candidate should hold a PhD. in engineering education or engineering with research in education, STEM education, design education or a related field. Candidates nearing graduate are encouraged to apply.

If you have any questions, please e-mail Dr. Jessica Swenson at jswenson@buffalo.edu or view the posting (https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/23339).

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Dean, College of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Colorado
Posting available at: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=23670&emailCampaignId=136

This is an opportunity for an extraordinary leader to join CEAS. The Dean will have a strong academic record and be widely recognized for thought leadership. He/she will be a respected leader who is operationally savvy, highly knowledgeable of cutting-edge educational approaches, and able to sustain and build a thriving research enterprise. The Dean will also be capable of managing complexity and effectively leading and communicating through the tectonic changes occurring in the academy today. The successful candidate will inherit an exceptional foundation for advancing CEAS initiatives. College academic leaders are aggressively promoting excellence in education and scholarship, research, and providing the highest quality student experience. Working in a strong spirit of collaboration, the leadership team is demonstrating innovation, strong mission alignment, and unified ambition in achieving CEAS goals as reflected in recent success. Reporting to the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, the Dean will have the opportunity to shape the College with his/her own vision and programs, leveraging the existing strengths of an already exceptionally strong institution. The successful candidate must be a compelling leader whose passion for the educational, service, and research missions energize the faculty, students, and staff, focusing their efforts on a strategic vision of excellence. He/she must also be a competent and prudent steward of CEAS, guiding it through what will almost certainly be uncharted change in the higher education environment. Importantly, the Dean must be trusted by all stakeholders as a strong advocate for balancing the research, educational, and service missions as well as advocating for inclusion and diversity. The Dean will promote a culture of institutional stewardship and transparency, and a willingness to re-align resources with evolving strategies.

Please direct all applications, nominations, and inquiries for the position to the search firm at the contact information below:

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Clinical Professor – needs ECE background – at Mississippi State University
This is a non-tenure track position and is part of the MSU Engineering on the Coast (EoC) program, which is housed at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC) in Gautier, MS. Students enrolled in this program typically first complete two years at MGCCC, then enroll in two additional years of courses offered by MSU EoC instructors to receiver their degree. Most EoC courses are offered in the afternoon or in the evening, to accommodate the many non-traditional students enrolled in the program.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Director for Educational Outreach & Student Programs at Mississippi State University
The Director for Educational Outreach and Student Programs is responsible for planning and directing the Bagley College of Engineering programs and activities designed to foster interaction with the Pre K-12 educational system. Program activities are focused on increasing the awareness and understanding of careers in engineering, mathematics, and science of students, parents, teachers, counselors, and other school administrators.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Postdoctoral Associate at Mississippi State University
Apply for a full-time postdoctoral position and join a team of education, engineering, and meteorology faculty to explore integrating computational science practice, weather data analysis, and 3D visualization in the secondary Earth and Environmental Science curriculum. The planned project will use a design-based research approach to test the hypothesis that science education empowered by large-scale atmospheric datasets and fused with computational thinking and practices will: 1) promote meaningful science learning as envisioned by the Next Generation Science Standards, and 2) foster literacy in atmospheric and computational sciences among middle and high school students. Anticipated start date is Spring or Summer 2020.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Dean for Access, Inclusion & Student Programs at the University of Colorado Boulder
The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Colorado Boulder encourages applications for an Assistant Dean for Access, Inclusion & Student Programs. This position provides vision and leadership for the recruitment and success of outstanding and diverse students, faculty and staff. The position leads our efforts to make pathways into our college available and accessible to all students. This position also leads a suite of student programs that improve and complement our engineering curricular experience. The Assistant Dean for Access, Inclusion, and Student Programs is a member of the College’s senior leadership team, as a participant in the Dean’s Cabinet and the Administrative Council. The incumbent works closely with the Dean, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education, the Associate Dean for Students, and other college leaders to promote student achievement and inclusion.

The preferred deadline for applications is January 31, 2020. For more information and to apply: https://colorado.avature.net/jobs/JobDetail?jobId=23179

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, University of Louisville
The Department of Engineering Fundamentals at the University of Louisville is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor rank with a preferred start date of August 1, 2020. The successful candidate is expected to develop an active research program in STEM education and have a desire to improve engineering education through the promotion and use of evidence-based teaching. The candidate’s research program is expected to include collaboration with other engineering departments, and members of the research group GEARS, the Guild for Engineering Education, Achievement, Retention and Success. GEARS includes faculty and graduate students in the School of Engineering, the Department of Psychology and Brain Sciences and the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Louisville.

The successful candidate will be an active participant in the instructional teams responsible for the delivery of Engineering Tools, Methods and Practices I and II, a two semester sequence of courses for freshman engineering students that introduces students to the practice of engineering, provides an introduction to the methods, tools, and skills necessary for success in engineering, and culminates with the completion of a team project in the school’s maker space, the Engineering Garage.

For more information and to apply, see https://www.higheredjobs.com/institution/details.cfm?JobCode=177170903&Title=Assistant%20Professor%20%28Job%20Id%3A%2038577%29&aID=7137.

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: Instructor position in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado Boulder
Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a full-time instructor to teach in its undergraduate program. The instructor will be a member of the AES faculty and will participate in course development and assessment, faculty governance, and university service. Candidates are sought who have an MS or PhD degree in either aerospace, aeronautical, astronautical engineering, or a related field. Applicants must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with the ability to teach and work in a highly collaborative environment. Preference will be given to applicants with prior university teaching experience, years of experience, and/or graduate degrees.

Viable candidates should be capable of teaching a wide range of undergraduate aerospace engineering courses in both lecture and laboratory formats. Candidates are expected to fit in to curriculum groups focused on a) fluids and aerodynamics and/or b) dynamics and controls. This includes courses related to dynamics, aircraft performance, rockets, orbits, and attitude dynamics & control. Engineering design or operational experience in one or both of these areas is ideal. An understanding and appreciation for aerospace engineering fundamentals, as well as excellent management, communication, and organizational skills, along with a willingness to learn quickly, is required. A successful candidate in this position will teach courses during the academic year and summer terms. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences website http://www.colorado.edu/aerospace to understand the educational mission of the department and the specific courses that are taught in the undergraduate curriculum.

Applicants should submit their application electronically to job posting #23458 at https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=23458 , including a CV or resume, a statement of teaching philosophy and interests which is relevant to the Aerospace Engineering curriculum, and the names and contact information of four references. Cover letters should be addressed to Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder. Applications will be reviewed beginning February 17, 2020, and continue until the position is filled.

Contact: Lauren Cole, Office Manager & Assistant to the Chair if there are additional questions.